Monday, October 25, 2021

Brendan Kennelly’s Favourite Poetry Sayings:

“I dabbled in words and I found they were my life. ”

 – Patrick Kavanagh

“He does not write at all whose poems no-one reads.” 

– Martial

 “The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.” 

– Jean Cocteau

“Poetry is the ultimate democracy.”

 – Brendan Kennelly

“I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.”

 – A. E. Housman

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